Chris Hicken

International Travel
2003 - Europe, Africa
2004 - Oaxaca
2006 - Australia
2006 - Maya Riviera, Mexico
2006 - Puerto Escondido
2008 - Maya Riviera 2, Mexico
2009 - Ships and Dips V
2010 - Asia Travel Blog:
             Thailand, Cambodia,
             Vietnam, China, Japan
2010 - Fiji, Snorkeling
2011 - Marriage Proposal

Within US Travel
2002 - National Parks
2006 - Las Vegas
2007 - Yosemite
2008 - Washington DC
2008 - Niagara Falls
2009 - Yosemite (Fall)
2009 - Yellowstone
2009 - Glacier National Park
2009 - Yosemite (Winter)
2011 - Sequoia National Park

Miscellaneous Other
2008 - Halloween
2008 - Family Reunion
2009 - San Francisco Zoo
2009 - CenterStage Photoshoot
2009 - ChilWill Photoshoot
Cool Misc Photos

Point And Shoot Camera
Canon S90
Canon SD780IS

Serious Shooting Camera
Canon T2i
Canon 17-55mm F2.8 IS USM
Canon 70-200mm F4.0L IS
Canon 50mm F1.8 II

Photo Editing
Photoshop CS3
Photomatix (HDR)

Tutorials
Cambridge In Colour

Lens Reviews
Photozone

Google Adwords Keyword Tool
Google Ad Preview (add &pws=0 to end of URL string to remove personalized results)
Google Analytics
Google Webmaster Tools

1001 Free Fonts
daFont.com
What the Font
16 Design Inspiration Galleries
pixlr.com
Kuler Color Schemes
BrowserShots.org
15 Sites for Photoshop Brushes
60 Photoshop Tutorials
UseIt.com
Design References

I've got some fun stuff to download. Ask me for the username and password:
ftp.hickens.com
 

Tab Mix Plus
NoScript
FireGestures
IE View
FireFTP
BugMeNot

Lingenfelter Corvette
Omelagah, Inc
Mr. Chuoi Bar and Hut
Gasoline Dreamz Performance
Emei Guides
Center Stage
Chunky Turtlenecks
MyFamTree.net (in dev)
Traxian
JoeMallahan.com
NUT
FasTrak Entertainment
ThorHeadset.com (dead)

Universities:
USC LSS
Cal Poly SC3

Non-profit work:
Day Break (Catholic Charities)
Home Green Home
Eco-Care
West Bay Housing
MALEs
Con Mi Gente
Amani Girls, Tanzania
Oaxaca Solidarity
Cedicam (dead)
Friends Across Borders
MesaMexico (dead)
Neighbors Act Now

Designer at:
Headsets.com
Blurb.com
TightLink.com
Personify.com
 

Pre-written PHP Classes
HTML Code Clean up
CSS Code Clean up
PHP Code Clean up
Ruby Code Clean up
Ruby Framework
MooTools Framework
jQuery Framework
AreMySitesUp.com
Web Development Links
My IP Address
Google Page Speed
Awesome jQuery Plugins
Traffic Dashboard
Facebook OpenGraph

Misc Tools (Password Required)

TechCrunch
Reddit
TED
Technorati
Wired
Engadget
CNN
SFGate
New York Times
Huffington Post
Daily Kos
Politico 

UpDown
WikInvest
Yahoo! Finance
Investopedia
Financial Times
Bull Market
Berkshire Hathaway

I started learning the piano in September '08. Rather than going all out on a big piano, I got a digital piano with weighted keys - the Yamaha YDP-213 Digital Piano. Here are are a few links, mostly for my own benefit, to show the progress made!

Fur Elise (4 days practice)
Fur Elise (9 days practice)
Fur Elise (1st YouTube)
Lux Eterna (1st try)    

Digital Art (Maya)
Drawings 

Jailbreak iOS4 - greenPois0n

News and Weather
NY Times
Wallstreet Journal
Alien Blue
The Weather Channel
USA Today

Cydia Apps
MyWi
Winterboard
iFile
MxTube
Grooveshark

Entertainment and Dining
Yelp
IMDB

Music
Shazam
Pandora

Travel and On-The-Go
Flight Update
Converter+
MyMedia
iBART

Games
HoldEm
Fruit Ninja
Field Runners
Plants vs. Zombies
Doodle Jump

Misc
Wikipanion
Google
FaceBook
BofA
Lose It
Skype
RDP
 

Jonathan's Site
JoeMallahan.com
Check Mail
NCCA - Northern California Corvette Association

Batch Image Resizer
Go2Convert
Ninite Install programs quickly
Meebo instant messaging
Quick Color Picker App
SimplyHired
WebMD
Wikipedia
Yelp
Trulia
AlternativeTo
148Apps
10 YouTube URL Hacks
Convert YouTube Videos
Transfer Large Files or Use GoogleDocs or LetsCrate.com
How to Start A Business
VentureHacks
WiseBread
Legistalker
Joobili
TinyChat
GizaPage
LifeHacker
US Airways Mastercard
Great Book Summaries
PDF Unlock
How to Hire Great People
Project Bubble
Imgur
Kahn Academy
How to value a business

Yann Tiersen - Comptine d'un autre été L'après midi. The original piece with a nice animation can be found here.

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata. I wanted to learn how to play the piano to be able to play this piece. This is only about 2:00 of the actual piece.

Yann Tiersen - Rue de Cascades. The most technically challenging piece I've tried to learn thus far. The best performance of this piece is by Dave Thomas.